LLM Law Of Financial Crimes

Emerging technological advances with new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Big data, the Internet of Things, Mobile banking, and the like raise new challenges for governance and the safety of data. The public sector holds a wide array of sensitive information, making it a highly sought target for cyber criminals. A cyber-attack to the public sector compromises public services and carries the consequence of a heavy financial toll. With increasing threats to personal information and other important data, the acquisition of knowledge of digital governance and cyber legal informatics has become crucial for public sector workers. Legal informatics is the interdisciplinary field bridging legal systems and information technology, focusing on the use of data-centric approaches, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced computing to transform, automate, and analyze legal practices and documentation. This course is thus intended to provide a comprehensive overview of governance in the digital space and the laws that apply therein,

• This course seeks to enable students
• Grasp the fundamental concepts and principles of digital governance, including its importance in modern governance.
• Explore and analyze digital governance worldwide.
• Appreciate the sources of cyber law in Ghana
• Obtain an understanding of the nature and typology of governance challenges posed by emerging technologies in the digital landscape
• Appreciate the nature of the top cyber threats (from within and without) facing the public sector.
• Gain an understanding of how implementing international norms and standards in a national context can improve digital governance and reduce public sector cyber security risk

• Concept of Digital Governance
• Concept of Legal Informatics
• Governance for Cyber Security
• International and national legal frameworks in cyberspace
• The legal regime for Cyber legal informatics in Ghana
• Network systems and challenges to digital governance
• The nature and typology of public sector cyber crime
• Emerging digital threats to public infrastructure
• Implementing international digital governance norms and standards in a national context National cyber security strategies

The course will be delivered by a mix of blended lectures (face-to-face and virtual) and interactive seminars

The focus of this course is international public law, as distinct from public international law. It seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles, practices, and regulations governing trade between nations. Accordingly, its focus is on international trade law and policy, including the considerations of the processes involved in developing a national trade policy framework.

• This course seeks to enable students
• Enhance and strengthen their technical capacity to develop appropriate trade policies in line with national sustainable development goals
• Understand the nature of trade agreements, tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and the impact of trade on economies and development.
• Gain the skill to analyze the structure and implications of various trade agreements like the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements, AfCFTA, regional trade agreements, and bilateral treaties.
• Acquire the ability to examine the use of tariffs, subsidies, quotas, and other policy tools to regulate trade flows and protect domestic industries.
• Explore contemporary challenges and opportunities in international trade

• Concept of International Public Law
• International Economic Law and International Public Law
• Theoretical foundations of International Public Law
• Trade Policy Frameworks
• Historical Background and Overview of The Bretton Woods System
• Principles of international trade regulation
• (i) The tariff system
• (ii) The most favoured nation clause & The national treatment principle
• (iv) Developing countries – Preferential Trade Agreements
• (iv) The Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the WTO
• Overview, nature and structure of the Multilateral Regulation of World Trade – The WTO & Domestic Implementation of WTO obligations
• Overview and nature of regional trading systems

The course will be delivered by a mix of blended lectures (face-to-face and virtual) and interactive seminars

Students will be exposed to various research methods and data collection techniques; particularly, attention will be given to the processes and methods of collecting information with respect to socio-legal studies. In addition, the techniques of effective proposal writing will be taught. Additionally, students will be exposed to different socio-legal research theories to provide the theoretical foundation needed for the Graduate Substantial Paper and Thesis. The course is the foundational course for all graduate students.

• The course will aim to:
• Introduce students to various research methods and research theories in the social sciences as they relate especially to law or socio-legal studies.
• Discuss the planning and pitfalls of research data collection.

• The course will have the following content:
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Socio-Legal Research Theories
• Data Collection
• Effective proposal writing
• Planning your research
• Ethical issues in research

The course will be delivered by a blended mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.

The seminar is intended to provide an opportunity for students to engage with relevant new developments in the areas of concentration outside of the typical standalone courses. Each student in the programme is expected to attend all seminars specified and make his/her own presentations on selected topics to an audience. Each student will be expected to make at least one oral presentation to be assessed during the academic year and also present a full write-up of the presentation for another assessment.

• The course will aim to:
• Enhance skills of investigation in relevant areas of law
• Provide opportunities for critique of recent legal developments of interests

• The content of the seminars will be set by coordinators at the beginning of each academic year.

The course will be delivered by a blended mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.

Students in the One-Year Mode will be required to select a topic of interest for a substantial paper. The selected topic has to be approved by the programme coordinator before a supervisor will be assigned to guide the student towards completion of paper. Generally, the topic chosen must be within the ambit of the broad area of financial crime. It is important that an original research problem is clearly addressed, though the nature of that problem may be theoretical, policy-oriented, empirical or methodological.

• The course will aim to:
• Improve students’ skills of investigation and thought in the production of a sustained argument in law.
• Enhance the students understanding and application of relevant research methods in law.

• The content of the course will include:
• Research proposal writing
• Designing a research proposal
• Methodologies of legal research
• Legal research in the context of the social sciences
• Skills for effective writing

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.

A pedagogical training in teaching methodology is crucial for every professional who intends to venture into impacting knowledge and skills to others. However, significant number of lecturers do not have a teaching methodology background or qualification. This course is intended to address this lacunae by preparing students to teach at the tertiary level. The programme introduces

students to the general methods of teaching, the basic concepts of teaching and exposes them to the ethics in education and general code of conduct of teachers.

• The course will seek to:
• produce well-trained graduates who can proficiently and knowledgeably undertake careers in teaching and lecturing,
• equip students to use teaching strategies of the modern market standards,
• introduce students to the theories of cognitive and behavioral learning,
• expose students to best practices in teaching standards, and
• introduce students to general principles of teaching methods.

• Learning About Learning
• Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
• Teaching Strategies
• Psychology of teaching and Motivating Students to Learn
• Assessing Students
• Instructional Planning
• Digital Teaching
• Lesson Execution and Record Keeping
• Managing the Learning Environment
• Ethics in education and teachers’ code of conduct

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.

This course provides the student the opportunity to implement their methodology studies, and experience the teaching role in an academic setting. Students will work with a senior member of faculty to gain actual experience in teaching, as well as refining techniques they have studied about the teaching-learning process in the classroom setting. Under the direction of a senior member of faculty, the student will spend a minimum of 3 hours and a maximum of 6 hours per week in the classroom. Students will be required to keep a logbook of their experiences in the classroom, and discuss their

findings and issues with their assigned supervisor. In addition, students will attend/present weekly seminars that will explore issues that arise in the practical teaching context.

• This course aims to:
• provide an opportunity for the student to apply what he/she has learned in an actual classroom setting,
• provide the opportunity to address such topics as teaching goals and strategies, giving effective lectures in large classes, facilitating productive class discussions, creating and grading student assessments, fostering inclusive classroom environments, and reflective teaching,
• enable students hone their teaching skills and knowledge by making it possible for them to design their own lesson plans, and
• assist students in identifying their strengths, styles and teaching preferences.

• Lecture design
• Observation of classroom teaching
• Teaching Methods and Styles
• Assignment and Assessment/Testing Design

In-class observation of classroom teaching and teaching

The Thesis is a requirement for students who opt for the two-year mode. Students are generally expected to complete the thesis during the second year of the two-year programme. Students will be required to formulate a research question of relevance within the area of financial crimes, with the approval of the supervisor, select a methodology that will enable them find answers to the research questions posed. Each student is assigned a supervisor who, in collaboration with a committee, will advise the student during the process of writing the thesis. Upon the completion of the thesis, each student is required to participate in a defence of their thesis.

• The course seeks to
• provide students with an opportunity to engage in original research in collaboration with a thesis supervisor and committee,
• enable students to interpret theories and doctrines, and give recommendations where appropriate, and
• enable students to explain and apply relevant theories and laws in the chosen area.

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Students will be required to meet with their supervisors, in person or online, periodically to discuss the progress of their work.

This course seeks to explore the myriad of laws that govern the use of the internet, also known as cyber law, to undertake commercial transactions. In this context, it explore the legalities surrounding the use of digital monies such as the different forms of mobile cash, and crypto currency. It also examines the legal issues surrounding electronic commerce, including business-to-consumer (B2C), business-to-business (B2B), and consumer to consumer (C2C) transactions.

• The course seeks to
• Examine the principles, concepts and perspectives in respect of e-commerce.
• Introduce students to critical discussions on the law of e-commerce and its development, including the case for or against a greater degree of international harmonisation.
• Explore the impact of the principles considered on individuals and businesses, from academic, practical and technological perspectives.
• Examine the role of digital monies in international business and commercial transactions and the legal regimes governing their use
• Explore cyber law issues in international commercial transactions, including regulatory regimes, jurisdiction in cyber space, and online dispute resolution.
• Introduce students to the rule of Cyber Space

• Dimensions of digital monies
• Electronic Commerce
• E-contracts
• Legal issues in E-Payment Mechanisms
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Comparative perspectives on electronic contracts
• Formal validity of e-transactions
• Conflict of laws in e-commerce
• Understanding Digital Copyright Protections in the Generative AI age
• The Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Legality of Block Chain Contracts and Crypto

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars, in a blended format (face-to-face or virtual).

The course seeks to introduce students to the fundamentals of different types of financial crime and the philosophical approaches that have been used to explain, justify and criticize such financial crime. The course begins with an introduction to the field, including definitional and theoretical issues regarding the areas of white-collar, occupational, organizational, and corporate crime, and then delves into the theoretical justification for such criminal conduct. Classic theoretical works will be considered as well as contemporary writings.

• The course seeks to
• Expose students to the theoretical justifications for financial crimes, specifically,
• Expose students to the general and evolving threats to the global financial community

• Overview of financial crimes
• Behavioural theories of financial crime,
• Organisational theories of financial crime,
• Managerial theories of financial crime,
• Moral theories
• Theoretical justifications for recovery of property derived from crime

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

This course focuses on how on the law financial crime, broadly defined, works in Ghana. Thus it is concerned with the interactions between the criminal law, financial market practice, financial regulation and what is generally called general white-collar crime. It also covers the limits of criminalisation and the practical challenges of proof.

• The course seeks to
• Introduce students to the cross-border, international and domestic aspects of financial crime regulation.
• Enable students understand the key concepts and the national and international legal frameworks surrounding financial crime prevention.
• Assist students in understanding compliance with global AML standards, including Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations and local regulations.
• Help students identify and discuss frameworks, regulations and how they are changed and challenged by ongoing innovations in financial crime

• National and international laws on financial crimes
• National and International financial regulation and compliance
• Key AML Laws and Regulations
• The role of regulatory bodies and law enforcement
• The International Financial Sector Reform and International Legal Framework for AML/CFT Regulation
• Investigation and Prosecution of financial crimes in Ghana
• Extraterritoriality in financial crimes,

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

This course provides a practical overview of the core money laundering and terrorist financing compliance procedures internationally and in Ghana. Students will be exposed to the complicated web of regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements governing anti-money laundering efforts and attempts to counter the financing of terrorism and organised crime.

• This course seeks to
• Make students aware of the core money laundering and terrorist financing compliance procedures internationally and in Ghana.
• Help students identify and mitigate the risks associated with money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions internationally and in Ghana.
• Enable students understand management obligations and the risk-based approaches to money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Help students identify and discuss frameworks, regulations regarding anti-money laundering, and how these are changed and challenged by ongoing innovations in financial crime

• AML compliance landscape in Ghana
• The process and dimensions of Money Laundering
• Regulations applicable to firms / banks
• FATF roles in Anti-Money Laundering
• The penalties for non-compliance
• Implementing AML Initiatives
• Financial Investigation and Forensic Audit
• Cyber Security Risk Management

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

Financial crime is a significant ongoing challenge for banks and corporate entities that are expected to participate in the fight against financial crime by ensuring compliance with regulations of authorities. The course is intended to equip students with skills and knowledge required to enable them understand the national and international corporate compliance measures that are required for financial crimes prevention and detection. It examines the ways in which criminal, regulatory and administrative law are used to prevent harm in the conduct of corporate/commercial affairs.

• This course seeks to
• Make students aware of the national and international corporate compliance measures to prevent different forms of financial crime
• Help students understand how organizations can prevent financial crime in practice
• Enable students get acquainted with key organizational governance principles and functions that are crucial for financial crime prevention
• Assist students in learning the steps that organizations take in practice to prevent financial crime risks from materializing

• Fraud prevention and management compliance
• Corporate cyber risk and financial crime
• Models of corporate governance and regulation
• Ethics of corporate governance
• Anti financial crime compliance framework
• Risk management
• General regulatory compliance
• Watchlist screening,
• Crypto-related challenges in the digital banking era.

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

Banks and financial institutions have had anti-money laundering (AML) measures in place for some time. So, criminals must look for ‘easier’ targets and new ways to launder their ill gotten gains. The focus of this course is on the different types of money laundering activities. It will expose students to the different typologies of money laundering, and equip them with the skill that will enable them to identify and investigate such activities.

• This course seeks to
• Enable students explain the concepts of money laundering, bribery, tax evasion and terrorist fundraising.
• Expose students to the myriad of techniques and strategies employed in money laundering
• Equip students with the skill that will enable them to identify and investigate different money laundering activities.

• Offshore strategies,
• Money laundering in the art world,
• Cash collection networks,
• Trade-based money laundering practices,
• Money laundering via virtual currencies, and
• Underground banking.

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

Financial regulation and compliance are important factors in any financial institution. After the financial crisis of 2007 – 2009, developing, maintaining, and ensuring compliance has become a major topic in the financial sector. Financial compliance is important in order to maintain the public’s trust in capital markets and the banking system. This course provides an in-depth examination of the nature of financial supervision, compliance and enforcement from a national and international perspective and its link to AML/CFT prevention.

• This course seeks to
• Undertake a comprehensive exploration of financial regulatory compliance.
• Provide an understanding of the regulatory frameworks in the financial sector and how financial institutions can operate effectively within them.
• Create an understanding of the need for the development and implementation of robust policies and programmes to foster a culture of financial compliance.
• Create an awareness of the need for the establishment of strong risk, governance and compliance management systems and measures in financial institutions.
• Enable students gain an understanding of the link between financial compliance and supervision and AML/CFT prevention.

• Introduction to Financial Regulation
• Regulatory Frameworks
• Compliance Monitoring and Reporting
• Enforcement Actions
• Risk Management in Financial Institutions
• Market Surveillance
• Ethics and Professionalism in Supervision
• International Regulatory Standards
• Financial Crime Prevention
• Technology and Innovation in Regulatory Compliance

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

The financial crime landscape is perpetually evolving, and currently, is driven by technological advancements that have significantly changed the cyber-crime ecosystem. This course explores the nexus between the weapons that cyber criminals use to compromise systems — trojans, viruses, worms, phishing, ransomware, spyware, formjacking of online payment forms — and financial crimes. It is intended to equip the student with the skills needed to understand how cyber use and techniques can manifest in a spectrum of financial crimes — and how to collect, analyze, and implement measures to prevent such crimes.

• This course seeks to:
• Expose students to the nexus between cyber use and financial crime
• Equip students with the skills needed to understand how cyber use and techniques can manifest in a spectrum of financial crimes.
• Enable students understand how cybercriminals attack finance professionals as well as understand the technical fundamentals of cyber-crime investigations.
• Expose students to the broad spectrum of tactics and techniques used by cybercriminals to target organizations

• Economic crime theory,
• Digital Forensics,
• White-collar criminology,
• Payment systems,
• Cyber-crime intelligence
• Social engineering of cybercriminals with human interactions to elicit valuable intelligence, Fraud prevention and detection technologies.

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

The rise in the contractual outsourcing of goods and services has created an increase in procurement fraud; which can occur in any stage of the contracting and procurement process. Thus, public servants and professionals in the procurement field should be able to recognise the risks and vulnerabilities associated with procurement and contract fraud. This course delves into the law of procurement in Ghana, and provides students with the skill set that will enable them recognise the risks and vulnerabilities associated with procurement and contract fraud, as well as exposing students to the appropriate controls, fraud prevention strategies and proper tendering processes that are needed to fight this fraud.

• This course seeks to
• Help students understand the law of procurement in Ghana,
• Help students identify and prevent procurement and contract fraud
• Equip students will the skills to help them detect and respond to fraudulent activities
• Expose students to the appropriate controls, fraud prevention strategies and proper tendering processes that are needed to fight procurement fraud
• Inculcate in students a culture of integrity and transparency.

• Procurement law in Ghana
• Introduction to procurement and contract fraud
• Understanding fraud risks
• Responding to procurement fraud
• Contract management and compliance
• Case studies and group discussions
• Best practice and emerging trends in detecting and preventing procurement and contract fraud.

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

The globalization of securities markets has increased market manipulation and insider trading and heightened concerns regarding the attempt to artificially interfere with the proper functions of the markets and ensure fairness. The course provides an extensive analysis of what is considered insider dealing, market manipulation and market abuse. It covers the analyses of the indicators of manipulative behaviour and any other form of deception or contrivance, and introduces students to the various types of practices that would constitute market manipulation, and the possible signals of suspected insider dealing or market manipulation transactions.

• The course seeks to
• Introduce students to the responsibility of investment firms and professional persons in arranging or executing transactions regarding market abuse.
• Make students aware of the arrangements, systems and procedures that are needed to detect and report suspicious orders and transactions.
• Make students aware of the different kinds of market abuse.
• Expose students to the different regimes for the regulation of insider dealing and market abuse, nationally and internationally

• Meaning of Insider Information, Insider Dealing and Market Abuse
• Obligations of Investment Firms
• Financial Instruments and market abuse
• Indicators of manipulative behaviour
• Appropriate compliance arrangements, systems and procedures
• Prevention, monitoring and detection
• Ethics and integrity

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

Electronic Funds Transfers have become prevalent in banking transactions and consequently have become a prime target for those involved in financial crime. In order to understand

how criminals are able to target electronic banking channels, it is important that students understand how electronic funds transfers work. This course is designed to provide an introduction to the legal regimes that govern e-banking, the legal issues of electronic funds transfers, evidential issues, legal issues on specific electronic fund transfer transactions and internet banking. It covers the nature of the different kinds of electronic funds transactions as well as the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of parties involved in electronic money transfers.

• This course seeks to
• Help the student understand the law relating to electronic and internet banking, electronic funds transfer transactions, the payments and settlements system, and other current issues in electronic banking in both domestic and international contexts.
• Enable students appreciate the importance of confidentiality, banking secrecy and data protection.
• Provide an awareness of fraud risk and how electronic banking may be used as a conduit for financial crime such as money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

• Introduction to the Law and Legal Issues of EFT
• Legal Aspects of Specific EFT Transactions
• The Ghana Payment and Settlement System (GhPSS)
• Confidentiality and Data Protection
• Financial Crimes in Electronic and Internet Banking

The course will be delivered by a mix of lectures and interactive seminars.

This course explores the cross-border or transnational structure, markets, and impact of transnational criminal networks on domestic, regional and international stability and security, and the global responses to such conduct. Students will study contemporary global organised crime issues such as drug and human trafficking, international terrorism, illegal arms trading, as well as the convergence of transnational crime types and nexus with terrorist activities

and financial crimes, including how the proceeds of these crimes are laundered. It will also consider the provisions of UN convention on organized crime. The role of organised crime groups is compared and explored in terms of both local (e.g. protection, extortion, gambling, prostitution) and cross border markets and activities.

• This course seeks to
• Explore the nature and characteristics of organized crime and its implications
• Review the main theoretical approaches to the study of transnational organised crime.
• Identify the main characteristics, activities, actors and forms of transnational organised crime
• Discuss provisions of UN Convention on Organized Crime.
• Identify and critically analyse current counter measures and anti-organised crime and transnational crime policies at the national and international level;
• Discuss the tools and strategies that are available to fight organized crime at the domestic, regional, and global levels.

• Concepts and Theories of Transnational Organised Crime.
• Origins and phenomena of organised crime across different geographical regions. Dimensions of Illicit Markets and Activities.
• Criminal Actors (Mafia, Yakuza, ISIS, etc ) and modern, fluid network structures. Nexus between organised crime and terrorist activities
• Legal and Institutional Frameworks: The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), international law, and state cooperation.

The course will be delivered by a blended mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.

This course explores the public financial regulation with a view to equipping students with the knowledge, legal frameworks, and practical skills necessary to detect, investigate, and prevent illicit financial activities within the public sectors. The focus is on the acquisition of the skills needed to strengthen public institutional integrity, governance, and compliance with global regulatory standards

• This course seeks to
• Explore the nature and scope of public financial transactions and identify potential red flags for fraud.
• Equip students with the skill to design and implement robust internal control systems and compliance programs.
• Help students navigate the legal landscape regarding financial crimes and regulatory reporting obligations in the public sector.
• Enable the assessment of risk across different products, jurisdictions, and customer types.
• Enable the application of ethical decision-making and professional judgment in financial scenarios.

• Nature of Public Financial Regulation
• Theories of Public Financial Regulation
• Global Regulatory Frameworks
• Financial Crime Typologies in public sector financing
• Compliance and Risk Management in public sector financing
• KYC Regulations,
• Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), and
• Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
• Emerging Risks in public sector financing
• Principles of financial reporting
• Risk management, Internal controls and Financial Crime Avoidance
• Financial Crime in Public Finance
• Aspects of contract management.
• Importance and role of audit in relation to financial and operational management The effective communication of financial information.

The course will be delivered by a blended mix of lectures (virtual and face-to-face) and interactive seminars.